Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2014 Coordinating Minister for Human Development and\nCulture Sugiono said the Task Force for the Acceleration of\nRehabilitation and Reconstruction (Satgas PRR) had delivered\nsubstantial, tangible work to restore disaster-affected areas in\nSumatra.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this represents extraordinary hard work that deserves\nrecognition. Despite the various circumstances, the government led by\nPresident Prabowo Subianto has still been able to fulfil its\nresponsibility to serve the public and address problems in\ndisaster-affected areas,\u201d Sugiono said in a statement in Jakarta on\nThursday.<\/p>\n
After around 11 months of recovery work, rehabilitation and\nreconstruction in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra had made\nsignificant progress. For recovery activities funded in the 2026 fiscal\nyear, implementation had reached around 96\u201398 per cent.<\/p>\n
The figure reflects progress on rehabilitation and reconstruction\nactivities allocated funding in 2026. Overall recovery efforts are\ncontinuing, including work being completed in stages in line with the\nestablished rehabilitation and reconstruction plan.<\/p>\n
During a visit in his capacity as chair of the PRR Task Force\nSteering Team, Sugiono received a recovery update from Home Affairs\nMinister Muhammad Tito Karnavian, who chairs the task force, including\ndetails of achievements and outstanding challenges.<\/p>\n
Sugiono said the government\u2019s efforts demonstrated its commitment to\nfulfilling its responsibility to serve people in affected areas. They\nincluded issuing regulations, providing budget support, and restoring\nessential facilities and services in Aceh, North Sumatra and West\nSumatra.<\/p>\n
He said accelerating the completion of outstanding work was important\nto ensure affected communities could resume normal activities.<\/p>\n
As well as ensuring recovery was accelerated, Sugiono stressed the\nimportance of strengthening preparedness for future disasters.<\/p>\n
He said climate change could affect rainfall patterns in Indonesia.\nRainfall was expected to increase in areas north of the equator, while\nareas to the south were likely to be drier than normal over the coming\ndecades.<\/p>\n
\u201cMitigation efforts must therefore be factored into our planning, so\nthat if a disaster occurs we are better prepared and can respond and\ncarry out rehabilitation as quickly as possible,\u201d Sugiono said.<\/p>\n
Coordination between central and regional governments and all\nrelevant parties must continue to be strengthened, he said, so that\nrecovery can proceed alongside mitigation measures and efforts to\nimprove public preparedness.<\/p>\n
Tito, meanwhile, reported that further disasters remained one of the\nchallenges in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process.<\/p>\n
Heavy rainfall had triggered renewed flooding in several areas,\nincluding Padang and Solok in West Sumatra, Central Tapanuli in North\nSumatra, and parts of Aceh.<\/p>\n
Tito said sediment build-up in affected rivers had increased the risk\nof overflow during heavy rain. As a result, some infrastructure that had\nalready been repaired was affected again.<\/p>\n
River management therefore needed to be accelerated to reduce the\nrisk of further flooding.<\/p>\n
Tito said speeding up work on 137 rivers affected by sedimentation in\nAceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra should be part of efforts to reduce\nthe risk of renewed floods.<\/p>\n
He called on the Ministry of Public Works to support faster river\nclearance and management, so that rehabilitation and reconstruction in\naffected areas could proceed more effectively.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/coordinating-minister-prr-task-force-delivers-tangible-results-in-post-disaster-recovery-1793274968", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }